Congress and the Courts

While courts can review congressional laws, Article III of the Constitution also gives Congress some power to limit the federal courts, such as deciding which kinds of cases the courts are allowed to hear. (See Article III, Section 2, Clause 2, Sentence 2 of the Constitution.) This push-and-pull is part of the ongoing balancing process among the three branches of government.

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